{"id":989,"date":"2025-04-25T10:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T09:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/?page_id=989"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:37:13","slug":"our-building","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/our-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:2;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:2;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" 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style=\"--more-btn-alignment:center;\" data-limit=\"10\" data-page=\"1\"><div style=\"margin:-5px;--awb-bordersize:0px;--awb-columns-medium:33.3333%;\" class=\"fusion-gallery fusion-gallery-container fusion-grid-2 fusion-columns-total-6 fusion-gallery-layout-grid fusion-gallery-1\"><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-scaled.jpg\" data-title=\"Back of museum\" title=\"Back of museum\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1915\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"Dorchester Abbey Museum Building\" title=\"Back of museum\" aria-label=\"Back of museum\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-400x535.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-600x802.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-800x1069.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-1200x1604.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Back-of-museum-scaled.jpg 1915w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 712px) 598px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/building-page-school-set-up-1-scaled.jpg\" data-title=\"building page school set up\" title=\"building page school set up\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/building-page-school-set-up-1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2110\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"Dorchester Abbey Museum Building\" title=\"building page school set up\" aria-label=\"building page school set up\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/building-page-school-set-up-1-200x243.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/building-page-school-set-up-1-400x485.jpg 400w, 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https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/museum-website-school-desk-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/museum-website-school-desk-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/museum-website-school-desk-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 712px) 598px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-scaled.jpg\" data-title=\"Outside door looking to Abbey\" title=\"Outside door looking to Abbey\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2004\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"Dorchester Abbey Museum Building Outside\" title=\"Outside door looking to Abbey\" aria-label=\"Outside door looking to Abbey\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-200x255.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-400x511.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-600x766.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-800x1022.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-1200x1533.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Outside-door-looking-to-Abbey-scaled.jpg 2004w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 712px) 598px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-scaled.jpg\" data-title=\"pencil drawers\" title=\"pencil drawers\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-scaled.jpg\" width=\"1715\" height=\"2560\" alt=\"\" title=\"pencil drawers\" aria-label=\"pencil drawers\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-200x299.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-400x597.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-600x896.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-800x1194.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-1200x1792.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pencil-drawers_cropped-scaled.jpg 1715w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 712px) 598px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div style=\"padding:5px;\" class=\"fusion-grid-column fusion-gallery-column fusion-gallery-column-2 hover-type-none\"><div class=\"fusion-gallery-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell.jpg\" data-title=\"school bell\" title=\"school bell\" rel=\"noreferrer\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery_image_1]\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" target=\"_self\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell.jpg\" width=\"2486\" height=\"2066\" alt=\"\" title=\"school bell\" aria-label=\"school bell\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell-200x166.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell-400x332.jpg 400w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell-600x499.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell-800x665.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell-1200x997.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/school-bell.jpg 2486w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 712px) 598px, (min-width: 640px) 712px, \" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:95px;--awb-padding-bottom:101px;--awb-bg-image:url(&#039;https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/listen_to_the_story_v5.png&#039;);--awb-bg-position:center center;--awb-bg-size:contain;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:-20px;--awb-spacing-right-large:21.12%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:21.12%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:21.12%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:21.12%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-margin-top-small:30px;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column fusion-column-has-bg-image\" data-bg-url=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/listen_to_the_story_v5.png\"><div class=\"fusion-audio fusion-audio-1\" style=\"--awb-progress-color:#ffffff;--awb-border-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-background-color:#1e66ca;--awb-max-width:100%;--awb-border-size:0;--awb-border-top-left-radius:20px;--awb-border-top-right-radius:20px;--awb-border-bottom-right-radius:20px;--awb-border-bottom-left-radius:20px;--awb-align-self:center;--awb-width:100%;\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-989-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Our_Building.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Our_Building.mp3\">https:\/\/dorchesterabbeymuseum.org.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Our_Building.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:1;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The Museum is housed in an historic building \u2013 known today as the Abbey Guest House \u2013 with a very rich background of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The building was part of Dorchester Abbey before the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536, and from 1544 was the family home of the Ashfields of Ewelme, who had purchased the Abbey site. In 1652 John Fettiplace, from Swinbrook near Burford, set it up as a grammar school. He pledged a commitment to pay for a schoolmaster and created a 15-page set of rules. One of the first of its 20 pupils was a William Keen, possibly the same William who left his initials carved into the panelling. From 1801 the building housed a private boarding school, which by 1831 had 50 pupils. From 1858-1896 it was Dorchester National Boys\u2019 School, while some residents remember its brief revival as a school after WW2.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we still have a copy of the school register from the 1600s, a set of small drawers for pencils set into a pillar, and the old bell, originally on the roof.<\/p>\n<p>In 1960 part of the ground-<span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Alegreya Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\" style=\"font-family: 'Alegreya Sans'; font-weight: 400;\">f<\/span>loor was turned into a museum by Edith Stedman. It comprises one ground <span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Alegreya Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\" style=\"font-family: 'Alegreya Sans'; font-weight: 400;\">f<\/span>loor room with panelled walls and leaded windows, and a seat where monks used to hand out food to locals in need. The room is now set out as an old-fashioned school room, with desks as display cases.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times the Museum, the Abbey and Dorchester featured in several episodes of Midsomer Murders.<\/p>\n<p>The Museum also has a small but well-stocked shop, the wonderful (and renowned) Dorchester Abbey Tea Room and garden share the ground <span data-fusion-font=\"true\" data-fusion-google-font=\"Alegreya Sans\" data-fusion-google-variant=\"400\" style=\"font-family: 'Alegreya Sans'; font-weight: 400;\">f<\/span>loor, while the Guest House as a whole can be hired out for private events.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:1;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:1;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>The Museum is housed in an historic building \u2013 known today as the Abbey Guest House \u2013 with a very rich background of its own.<\/p>\n<p>The building was part of Dorchester Abbey before the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1535, and from 1544 was the family home of the Ashfields of Ewelme, who had purchased the Abbey site. In 1652 John Fettiplace, from Swinbrook near Burford, set it up as a grammar school. He pledged a commitment to pay for a schoolmaster and created a 15-page set of rules. One of the first of its 20 pupils was a William Keen, possibly the same William who left his initials carved into the panelling. From 1801 the building housed a private boarding school, which by 1831 had 50 pupils. From 1858-1896 it was Dorchester National Boys\u2019 School, while some residents remember its brief revival as a school after WW2.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we still have a copy of the school register from the 1600s, a set of small drawers for pencils set into a pillar, and the old bell, originally on the roof.<\/p>\n<p>In 1960 part of the ground floor was turned into a museum by Edith Stedman. It comprises one ground floor room with panelled walls and leaded windows, and a seat where monks used to hand out food to locals in need. The room is now set out as an old-fashioned school room with desks as display cases.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times the museum, the Abbey and Dorchester featured in several episodes of Midsomer Murders.<\/p>\n<p>The museum also has a small but well-stocked shop, the wonderful (and renowned) Dorchester Abbey Tearoom and garden share the ground floor, while the guest house as a whole can be hired out for private events.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:3;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:2;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper 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